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    Light Cavalry Division. Formed 1 March 1940 in Tunisia. Some elements later part of the FSEA in the Tunisian Campaign. Division légère mécaniques were...
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  • The French 2nd Light Cavalry Division (2e Division de Cavalerie Légère) was a French Army division active during World War II. During the Battle of France...
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  • The 4th Light Cavalry Division (French: 4e Division Légère de Cavalerie, 4e DLC) was a French Army division active during World War II. During the Battle...
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    Cavalry Division (French: 6e Division de cavalerie) of 1914, the 6th Light Cavalry Division of 1940 (French: 6e Division Légère de Cavalerie), and the...
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  • Light Cavalry Division (1er Division de Cavalerie Légère) was a French Army division active during World War II. The 1st Light Cavalry Division was formed...
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    RCAP (Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique Portés) of the 6e DLC (Division Légère de Cavalerie). The Germans seem not to have taken into use any captured P...
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    in these mechanised light divisions. The Light (i.e. motorised) Divisions of the Cavalry, the Divisions Légères de Cavalerie, had a squadron of twelve...
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    matériel reserve. At the end of 1939 1e DC was changed into the 1re Division Légère de Cavalerie. In the Battle of France 120 AMR 33's and 187 ZT's were available...
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    Battle of Abbeville (category Charles de Gaulle in World War II)
    attack were issued, the 2nd Armoured Brigade came under the 2e Division Légère de Cavalerie (2e DLC, Colonel Berniquet) to take high ground from Bray to...
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    Battle of France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Chasseurs Ardennais, the 1st Cavalry Division, reinforced by engineers and the French 5e Division Légère de Cavalerie (5th DLC). The Belgian troops blocked...
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